SAG nominations announced.
The Screen Actor's Guild Award nominations are in. Actors Terrence Howard and Jeanne Tripplehorn announced the nominees yesterday. Cate Blanchett scored 4 nods from the SAG including best actress for "Elizabeth: the Golden Age." The adventure drama "Into the Wild" also grabbed four nominations...including a best actor nod for the star Emile Hirsch. The award ceremony will air on January 27 on TNT and TBS.
Former "American Idol" contestant Jessica Sierra may be pregnant while in jail. According to TMZ.com , sources say the 22 year old is expecting with her rapper boyfriend. She's reportedly now on a pregnancy diet at the Florida jail infirmary. Sierra was arrested earlier this month for resisting arrest, disorderly intoxication and felony cocaine possession. The charges violate her probation from a previous battery charge.
Comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are heading back to work. Comedy Central says new episodes of "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report" will return to TV January 7...without their writers. This comes in the middle of the ongoing writers Guild strike. In a joint statement the hosts say they feel ambivalent to return and wish they were doing so with their writers.
R&B singer R. Kelly showed up at a Chicago courtroom yesterday for child pornography charges. He apparently arrived 20 minutes early...attempting to make up for missing an appearance scheduled for Wednesday. The singer's lawyer says he was unable to make it to court because of bad weather. Kelly has been charged with 14 counts of child pornography for allegedly taping himself having sex with a girl 13 or 14 years old in 2002.
Eva Mendes is baring it all for a new animal rights ad campaign. She's featured naked in a new series of posters for the group PETA. The organization launched the campaign last night in L.A. It's called "Fur? I'd Rather Go Naked." Stars like Christina Applegate and Alicia Silverstone have also appeared in similar ads for the charity.
